This Is Us may have left many wanting. But what it did do - and do well - was reaffirm why we care about Jack (and Rebecca) in the first place. Because just as their marriage seemed to be at its weakest, the beating heart of the show was at its strongest. - Entertainment WeeklyEDIT

First comes love. Then comes marriage. Then comes... complications. For Jack and Rebecca. For Kevin and Sophie. Even for Randall and Beth. And bubble baths and lava fries can't always fix everything. - Entertainment WeeklyEDIT

All of which is to say I was a little nervous to sit down and watch the second episode of This Is Us. But, thankfully, "The Big Three" not only lived up to "Pilot," but introduced an intriguing new wrinkle to the story. - Entertainment WeeklyEDIT

On the TV twist-o-meter, this week's This Is Us revelation probably ranks around a 4. That compared to the series' first two episode shockers which came in at solid 8s. And let me tell you: I'm so glad for a 4 episode. - Entertainment WeeklyEDIT

It surely can't be an accident that an innocent-seeming trip to the pool is used as a framing device for this episode examining the ramifications of a black boy being raised by white parents. - Entertainment WeeklyEDIT

Moving "Heaven and Earth" for the one you love is certainly a romantic gesture, but not always the wisest one -- a lesson learned multiple times over in this week's episode of Outlander. - Entertainment WeeklyEDIT

We're more than halfway through the third season of Outlander and, in some ways, it feels like we're only just getting to the main event - the long-teased sea voyage to Jamaica. - Entertainment WeeklyEDIT

Perhaps once Abramson takes a seat at counsel table and The Menendez Murders morphs into a genuine Edie Falco vehicle, it will find some redemption. But for now, it's not winning in the court of appeals. - Entertainment WeeklyEDIT

Considering Voyager comes in at a doorstop-worthy 1,059 pages, a considerable number of plot points often have to be crammed into a single episode. Such was the case with tonight's "First Wife," which boasts a reunion, a shooting, and a kidnapping. - Entertainment WeeklyEDIT

After weeks of getting narrative short shrift, Claire and her story line finally get satisfactorily (if not lavishly) serviced in "Freedom & Whisky," as the 20th-century surgeon wrestles with the decision to return to 18th-century Scotland. - Entertainment WeeklyEDIT

While I always felt sympathetic for TV Show Frank (not so much Book Frank), that feeling began to wane during "All Debts Paid," as we watched a man bruised and battered from years spent in a loveless marriage act out in hurtful ways. - Entertainment WeeklyEDIT

Once the novelty of a lady playing in the majors wears off, you're left with a pretty standard-issue sports tale -- albeit one with an expertly scouted team that plays very well together. - Entertainment WeeklyEDIT

Never have I ever wanted a TV novelization more than The Collected Ghost Stories of Denise Hemphill. Girl needs to put down those handcuffs and pick up a pen right this minute! - Entertainment WeeklyEDIT

Subtlety has never been a defining characteristic of Ryan Murphy's work, and the latest episode of Scream Queens is no exception. This hour was all about mothers - or, more accurately, how our relationship with our mother can really f- us up. - Entertainment WeeklyEDIT

"Beware of Young Girls" had all the trappings of a filler episode. Sure, we learned a few new things about Dean Munsch (and about Chad's lactose intolerance), but as far as furthering the Red Devil plot, we really got nowhere. - Entertainment WeeklyEDIT

If ever you need to make an air-tight case for staying in on a Saturday night to binge-watch Mafia shows on A&E, use Chanel Oberlin as Exhibit A. After all, the lessons she gleaned from mob culture may very well have saved her life this week. - Entertainment WeeklyEDIT

The race for president is heating up. The race for Kappa Kappa Tau president, that is... And despite being stuck in a pit, it-puts-the-lotion-in-the-basket style, Zayday is running a formidable campaign against the incumbent, Chanel. - Entertainment WeeklyEDIT

After a couple of humdrum episodes, Outlander returned to fighting form this week with "Prestonpans," a bloody, emotional hour that found Jamie and his clansmen mourning one of their own. - Entertainment WeeklyEDIT

I was looking forward to exciting, plot-propelling action on Outlander. But "Je Suis Prest" amounted to little more than a 60-minute training montage -- without the benefits of a Survivor soundtrack or meat punching bags. - Entertainment WeeklyEDIT

This episode was slow-moving and -- dare I say? -- a little dull. But that's the nature of the episodic beast. Some episodes' purpose is simply to bridge the narrative gap from one plotline to another. - Entertainment WeeklyEDIT

This episode proved to me that Caitriona Balfe should be in the awards season discussion... If "Faith" isn't the episode submitted on her behalf for Emmy consideration, someone is not doing their job. - Entertainment WeeklyEDIT

Claire's faced a number of near-death moments in her brief, 18th-century life (witch trial, anyone?), but never has her life been in such peril in the span of one episode as "La Dame Blanche." - Entertainment WeeklyEDIT

Even if you've read Diana Gabaldon's novels upon which the Starz series is based, you couldn't have precisely predicted when "Through a Glass, Darkly" would find Claire. And if you haven't read the series, well, this episode was surely jarring. - Entertainment WeeklyEDIT